Term ends Jan 26, 2029 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 26, 2029
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 8,564,426), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Lytx, Inc.
Filed Sep 13, 2013 as application 14/027,038 · Granted Nov 17, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Jan 26, 2009
Jan 26, 2009
Term ends
Jan 26, 2029
Jan 26, 2029
Granted
Nov 17, 2015
Nov 17, 2015
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,269,617, US 8,564,426, to Jan 26, 2029. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
12
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. from the record
How we calculated this date
One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jan 26, 2009, when application 12/359,787, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 13, 2013) | Jan 26, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,269,617, US 8,564,426) | resolves to Jan 26, 2029, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 26, 2029 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,269,617 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| US 8,849,501 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 8,854,199 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| US 8,508,353 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| US 8,564,426 | In force no later than Jan 2029 | no later than Jan 2029 |
| US 9,317,980 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 9,189,899 | this patent Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 9,245,391 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
8 of 12 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Assignments
Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 2014 Reel 32134, frame 756 | Lytx, Inc.; Mobius Acquisition Holdings, LLC | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Agent | Security Agreement |
| Mar 15, 2016 Reel 38103, frame 328 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Lytx, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame 032134/0756 |
| Mar 15, 2016 Reel 38103, frame 508 | Lytx, Inc. | U.S. Bank National Association, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 31, 2017 Reel 43743, frame 648 | U.s. Bank, National Association | Lytx, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 31, 2017 Reel 43745, frame 567 | Lytx, Inc. | HPS Investment Partners, LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Feb 28, 2020 Reel 52050, frame 115 | HPS Investment Partners, LLC | Guggenheim Credit Services, LLC | Notice of Successor Agent and Assignment of Security Interest (PATENTS) Reel/Frame 043745/0567 |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2029
Term ends Jan 26, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,269,617, US 8,564,426, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
32
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.